Radiator-shelf.



C. VAN D. HILL.

RADIATOR SHELF.

APPLICATION PILED APR.17.19 13.

1,1 16,700. l Patented Nov. 10,1914.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFTCE.

i CHARLES VAN DYKE HILL, 0F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

RADIATO Specification of Application led April 17` R-SHELF.

Letters Patent.

at St. Louis, Missouri, have iiii'entcd a 0ertnm new and useful linprovoiiwiit in Radiator-Shelves, ol which tlio following is a full,

clear, and exact. desfiiption. buch as will enable others skilled in tlio art to iiliicli 1t nppertaiiis to milko nml use the saine. rofer I ence being had to tlie accompanying drawings. forming pnrt of this specilnatioii, in

which Figure 1 is a front elevational View of :i combined radiator shelf and shield of my improved construction. Fig. is a verti -al sectional View taken approximately on tlie line Q--L of Fig. l. horizontal section taken approximately on tlni lin@ Ilm-3 of Fig. 2, Fig. l is a peropootivo View ot' one of the. shelf supporting blocks and its attaching, bracket. Fig. 5 is an rnlargod detail section taken approxif mately on the liiwI .3M-.1| ot' Fig` E,

My invontiou rolatos to a combined imolt' and shield foil., radiators, tlio principal oli- .iect of my irljvy ion livingr to voiistrin-t a oompa.rntivfilynli pliinvxpiiiisivo lixtnri in tlio forni fit' a woll and :in air and dus( sbii-,ld wliifli can bei oahily .ind quirlily ap- 1 plisd to or i'i-nioi'vd from an ordinary radiator. :1nd ii'liiili lix'tnri` when propvrly api pliid l'or uw. l`oiin a svuliwiaiitial. rigid .abr-ll' ol ampli` aroa on top ol' lla` radiator. and tlio Sliiild portion oli wliirli lixturo oxtoinby downward l'roin tlnl slnll lo tl'iv roar of llii radiator for lln': pui-poso nl` dallw'tin uj air and dust 'ariivd tliiiiloutwardly away from lln fall \\'liiili is adiawnt lo said radiator. tlivrvby pririnlingr diwoloralion of Said ii'all by rilason ol llnA lil-:dial dustladin air wliiwi riws lroin tli(l radiator.

Furtlwr objorts ol' niy ini'onlion arv'to conatrurt a drong, Substantial alwlf ol1 niatvrial wliii-li will not be all'iflid liy tlm lient from tliis radiator. to proiidi a fixture \\'lii li van lio vaaily and qnvldy. applied to or r0- inmx-d lioin a radiator by moans of :i Siugll` tool snrli as a si'row-iIriver` to provide` means wlnireby tlw lixturo is rigidly attaclnd to tlio radiator. and to pioi'idi` moan"y l'or niai1itaining tlic loiwr odge ol' tlio liold in rontart willi the wall diriotly lioliind tlio radialor so that practically all tlw lioatvd :lir

Fig. l is an enlarged i Y Y' of tlic wall to tlio rear and above tlm rad"- e 1t known tliat I, CHARLES AiN DYKE lliiiL, a iitizen of the United States, residing I l To the aboye purposes my inieiilion consists in certain novel fcatnrosz ol' consrru l tion and arrangement ol parts hereinafter l more fully described und Clainnd.

l ln tlm construction of iny'iinprovod slnlt' l and sliif-ld I 'make use of one, or more supl porting blocks 10 the saine ooing prul'uralil y l formed of seasoned Wood` and attached iii I any suitable manner to the underside of Paoli l blork is the horizontally dis osed leg 0l an l angle bracket l1, the voriicn ly disposod log l of ivliioli oxtondbdownward between an a-li jacent pair oi sections of the radialol.' A. and formed in tlrt` lower portion of this furti l cally disposed log is :in ziportnre 152, The rear uppm coi-nor of each block is preferably l rabbotvd. as donignatd by lil. to form Sullioiont Spaco for a portion of tin) shield fornil, in;r a pa rt of niy improved lxtnro and here- 1 lnaltcr moro failli' described. ln :roma ini stanca it may lic found dosirali to .Loiin alois in tlw raar portion@ of tlm blocks ll), as i bonn by dotl'od luvs in Fig. lor the iir,H i (-oinniodalion of tlif. oppor edge ol4 ilu; rlliiild.

ilflioro lli'.l radiator is c' npnratiioii" limor l'orniod of but fsw 1:1 'it ir: only ina-- oaaary lo uw i of ine- :iu: vif," lilorks and ils angl@ brizffket, but iiflna. Mid vii/lisilor is oll 'oiidcridilo length. il i :lavie'alilii lo nav tno or more o' tlw blot-lia. :nv slioii'n 3 in Fig. l. The invano for aiarzliin; aarli l blorli and its' anglo liraulit to lf' radiffoi' fonipriscq a screw rofl ll vlnr-i1 paas f blofk l5). laitue" ilinifiifz l :igfaiiiqj :in .idiaciit pair nl.' llir ,-fvtnww nl" l llio radiator and tho roar fifi r-l' "od passvf; tiiroigli llw :worum-v lowvr vnd of tlw anp'l iwan-l' -l 'll i roar end Llirvzidod and wiwi' z-` :i nii! l 'lllio block l0 i'r'sta diioily ou Lw niipui l vnds of :in adjacent sri'ios oll rno radiator l Sections. and irlwn the ravi-ow wal l l i :1, 1mm by moan4 of a lool :moli :w a www l driver, tho lower portion of' ilio anglo braolivt aud llri bloik l5 aro drri'ffn loii'nrd Parli ollnr in A u li a inanmr as to tigliily ngago and rigidly Plainp ai: avliamnt pair ol: tlio radiator vr ions. tlin:-` lirndy and rigidly ain'lioi'iiif,r lln lilor-k in propvr position oil tli" radiator.

l 'l iw `=lii -lfl 1T forming :i part of my ini- :hun who radiator MW M emr/turd und of sut'lto ex: 1o clown behind tbe ra- Lwoo of ene-fourth or onethrd, l m of. llro mein body portion cloroqyirgo e, substantially rerliv ugper portion, of the Vor emi of syld. shield f.; i5' hor@ o. thiL7 'oem or ots he bocls l0. t." this shield und j or soutien -s wbien norscreW-seated in' a adopted to rnd; pr r o1' the ru.- tlic formird elude of und Y soul sci-ew ro s beur alge of i o sentori: ,Wim tbe wall. of Lise beuufi. oir rising aiogetiwr with the dust rii in deflected out t me initiator, and si: umili bc pas tsiliy Hiring the l le i'mllilfml i' 'of i For in forni, and is np- -f blocks 'lil :n my suitro'rtily by means of screws.

33 or slots in the Moulis 1U, and ;.prr portion of said shield is 'tw/owen said shelf und blocks. :Juul shelf anni .":iold o mj! `imz struction .is comparatively S3111-, an be roudiy applied tom: reuioved u, radiator, presents a neet and bombed L "tion of 'sheet motel, the

nimma ings :immediately obove and to the rear of the radioterfrom becoming discolored by reason vof the dust-luden sir which ordinarily rises from a radiator, andthe shelf forman le part of the fixture provides a rm und su etufntal sup .ort for all artic-les of household, estore an office use Whh are onlinurily pluoed on stands, tables, counters, desks und the like.

rdnsrily in the warmer months of the your radiators are entirely useless and do nothing more than toY take up iloor Space but by combiningu fixture of my improved construction with n radiator tho Same Bervea u, useful purpose during the time it is not in use as e heater for the reason that it forms e strong und substantial base for the shelf.

' It will be readily understood that minor changes in the size, form and construction of the various arts of my improved rudi tor shield een je made und substituted for those herein shown und. described without departing from the spirit of my invention,

the scope of which is set forth in the ap-I peudod claimsJ l. The combination vwith u, radiator of a, combined support and bracket detacl'i connected to the radiator, und positioned 0n the tor, thereof, which combined support und broc/kot is provided in its rear upper portion with e recess, u deflector 'arranged ably behind the radiator, the upper edge of wblch deilector ox erlies the rear portion of the combined su port and bracket and occupies the recess tlerein, und a shelf ositioned upon the combined support an bracket, which shelf engages thatl'xportion of the defloctor within the recess and clamps said engaged portion against the egmbined support und bracket.

2. The hereiridesoribed radtor Shelf comprising s combinedsupport `und bracket adnptml to be applied to a radiator, a, shelf positioned upon said lcombined support and bracket and arranged above. the radiator,

and u defleetor arranged beneath and de# pending .from the rear portion of the shelf, the upper edge of which deector isvelampd between the shelf und su port.

' n testimony whereof signeurem me presenceof two this 7th flug of April, 1913. CHARLES VAN DYKE'HILL. W itnesses.'

M. P. SMITH, M. A. HANDEL.

witnesses, 

